digital footprint; digital identity; network theory; privacy; quantification
Abstract :
[en] The digital transformation has resulted in a web of complex systems, creating a tangled mesh of context-specific digital identities for users to manage. Despite the prevalence of privacy risks, users often remain unaware of the extent to which their personal data is used by identity providers and relying parties. Drawing on design science and network analysis techniques, this paper introduces a hierarchical node architecture and data flow model to highlight the interconnectedness of partial digital identities and provides a tool to support the assessment and evaluation process. We used the developed methods to evaluate the digital footprint of ten participants, gaining insights into digital identity dynamics.
Research center :
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) > FINATRAX - Digital Financial Services and Cross-organizational Digital Transformations
Disciplines :
Computer science Management information systems
Author, co-author :
HÖLZMER, Pol ✱; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
FRANK, Muriel-Larissa ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
SCHÖNRICH-SEDLMEIR, Johannes ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX
Manuel Koschuch; FH Campus Wien > Research Center IT-Security
✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Insights into Digital Identity Dynamics through Personal Digital Twins
Publication date :
07 January 2025
Event name :
Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Big Island, USA
Event date :
07-10 January
Main work title :
Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2025
Publisher :
ScholarSpace
Edition :
58
Collection name :
Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Collection ISSN :
2572-6862
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Focus Area :
Security, Reliability and Trust
Development Goals :
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
FnR Project :
FNR13342933 - Paypal-fnr Pearl Chair In Digital Financial Services, 2019 (01/01/2020-31/12/2024) - Gilbert Fridgen FNR16326754 - Privacy-preserving Tokenisation Of Artworks, 2021 (01/06/2022-31/05/2025) - Gilbert Fridgen
This work was funded by Luxembourg’s National
Research Fund (FNR) and PayPal (PEARL grant
ref. 13342933/Gilbert Fridgen, and PABLO grant ref.
1632675), and supported by Luxembourg’s Ministry for
Digitalisation. For open access purposes, the authors
have applied a CC BY 4.0 license to any Author Ac-
cepted Manuscript arising from this submission.
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